Flash-light.



B. BENEDICT.

FLASH LIGHT.

APPLICATloN HLED Nov. 19. |915.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

INI/ENTOH ATTORNEY tiri-ira saisies nanna" lro.

BERNARD BENEnIcT, o E NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrGNoE To. BEACON MINIATURE ELEC` TRIO o0., INC., 0E NEW YORK, N. Y., A ooEPonA'rIoN OENEW YORK FLASH-LIGHT. i

To all whom z' may concern.' l Y Be it known that I, BERNARD BENEDrCr, a citizen of the 'United States, and a resident of New York city, in the Vcounty of Bronxv Y cation.

The4 invention pertains more particularly to a novel construction of fiash light adapted to be carried in the pocket, and by preference the casing of this flash light will have flattened sides and rounded edge portions connecting said sides. rifhelower end ofthe casing has a hinged bottom and at the upper end of the casing there is provided a lid adapted to hold a lens over an electric bulb supported in a socket which is fastened to the edges'of the casing below said cover. A battery of usual character and'possessing the customary'terminals will be used within the case and the casing is providedwith a permanent contact to be in constantelectrical connection with one of said terminals while the other terminalengages one lamp terminal. The casing is of metal and provided with a slidable switch adapted for manual operation, the circuitthrough the lamp being completed whenlsaid switch is moved into engagement with the permanent contact carried by lthe casing and being broken when said switch, by means of-a. thumb piece or slide provided on the casing, is moved from engagement with said contact. l i

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which: s

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a Hash light constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention; l I

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on a. larger scale through the same, taken on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 3 as viewed from the right;

Fig. 3 is a section through thesame, taken Y on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig 1 as viewed from the left; n i

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through aportion of the casing of the light, taken on the dotted line4-4 of Fig. 5 as viewed from the left' 'Y e y Fig. 51s a 10p View ofthe sash iight with the cover removed;

Fig. 6 is a Vhorizontal 'section through a portion of the saine, taken on the dotted line 6-6 of Fig. 2, and i i Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through a portion of the same, taken on the dotted line,v

n. In the drawings, 10 designates the `eXterlor casing of the flash light, 11 the battery, 12 the lamp, 13 a reflectorv receiving the lamp bulb and 14 the customary lens over. the lamp. rThe receptacle 10` comprises .a body portion 15, a cover 16 applied upon the upper end thereof, .and a hinged bottom 17 at the lower end of said body portion.A The, casing or receptacle 10 lis of metal andyitghas flattened sides connected by rounded edgev portions and the receptacle is of convenientl size to be held in the hand or `carried in the pocket. The battery 11 is of usual commercial character and equipped with the cus tomary terminals 18, 19. i

The reflector 18 has a lower threaded neck portion 20 to receive the stem of the lamp 12, which has one terminal 21 in engagement with the battery terminal 19. The reflector 13 is formed of metal and at its upper edge has a horizontal flange 22 whose `edges atv the opposite sides of the casing -10 are formed with dependingy flanges `23. having at the central portion of their lower edges narj f row flanges or lingers 24. The upper opposite side portionsof the casingbody 15 yare depressed, as at 25, to receive tliefiangesx23 and the metalof said bodyy 15y at the base of such depressedportions 25 is slit, as shown in Fig. 3, to receivethe depending fianges or fingers 24. rEhe-flange 22 of the reflector 'fits closely upon the opposite side edges vof the casing body 15 and the small flanges or fingers 24 are sprung slightly inwardly so as to aid in firmly holding the reflector 13 in position, while-at the same time allowing said reflector to be detached from the 4body y Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted Nov-,13, 1917. Application inea Noember 19, 1915. serial No. 62,303; l i

15 whenever it may be desired to remove the s l reflector from thecasing 10.

The cover 16 has an `opening in its top surrounded by an upwardly, turned lip` or flange 26 which engages the lens 14, as shown in Fig, 2. iVithin the cover 16,-'is provided a horizontal partition or plate 27 which has an open, center and is spaced from the top of the cover. The edges of thelens 14 are, at opposite sides ofthe lamp, caught between the partition or plate 27 and the top of the cover 16, and hencesaid plateorparf tition 27 `coperating kwith the flange 26 'man serves to hold the lens in position. The lens-holding partition or plate 27 is sprung into the cover 16, and hence may be detached therefrom in the event thatl a new lens 14- might be required. l secure the parnaaepae 39 thereof to leave the contact plate 3l., thereby breaking the circuit. Near its upper edge the body portion 15 of the casing 10 is 'formed with an encompassing outwardly projecting beading 40, and near its upper tition or plate 27 in position by indentationLend the strip 35 is formed with an outwardly 28 in the sides of the cover 16, these indentations formino' small studs above which the b l plate 27 maybe moved and which serve to support said plate or partition.

Within one edge portion oit the casing 10 l secure to the opposite inner sides thereof a yoke 29 of liber or other non-conducting material, this yoke extending downwardly and having secured to its transverse member 30 a conducting plate 31, this plate 31 being rigidly secured to the said member 30 and extending downwardly and inwardly on an inclined line .and affording a spring contact against which the terminal 18 of the battery will pass on the introduction of the battery to the casing 10.V The conductor or contact 31 has a horizontal. upper end portion which A is insulated from the casing 10 by means of the yoke 29.l The plate or contact 31 is in constant engagement with the terminal 18 of the battery, but is normally out oi circuit through the lamp.

Upon the exterior of the casing 10 is secured an escutcheon plate 32 having lips 33 which are inserted through holes in the casing 10 and then bent inwardly toward each other and upon a slidable stripor conductor 35, as more clearly shown in Fig. 6, said lips 33 serving not only to hold the escutcheon plate 32 in position, but also as guides for the strip 35. Upon the escutcheon plate 32 is mounted-a thumb piece or slide 36 having at its opposite sides fingers 37 which pass through slots 3S in the escutcheon 32 and corresponding slots in the casing 10 and .are bent inwardly at their inner ends to engage the conducting strip 35, the opposite edges of said strip 35 being recessed to receive the lips 37, whereby said lips and strip become interlocked and the slide or thumb piece 36 is permitted, when actuated, to move the strip 35 upwardly or downwardly within the guides afforded by the lips 330i the escutcheon plate 32. The upper end of the conducting strip 35 is bent inwardly and downwardly and terminates above the upper horizontal portion of the contact plate 31, said upper portion of the 'strip constituting a make and break switch 39. moved downwardly it carries the strip 35 with it and causesv the switch 39 to engage the upper portion of the plate 31 and at that time the circuit is completed from the battery terminal 19 through the lamp, casing 10,4 switch 39, plate 31 and battery terminal 13. When the thumb piece or slide 36 is pushed upwardly, it causes the strip 35 to .slide upwardly .and the switch portion lVhen the thumb pieceV 36 is projecting indentation or stud l1 to engage the groove formed by the beading Ll() or looking the strip 35 in its upper position and the switch 39 out of engagement with the plate 3l, as shown in Fig. 2. Y 35 is of spring metal, and hence the stud .41 may spring into the groove formed by the beading L10, and in addition on the descent of the thumb piece or slide 36, the said stud 41 may leave its seat in the beading l() and slide against the inner surr'ace oi the casing 10.

My invention resides more particularly in the construction oie the upper portion of the casing 10 and in the means provided by me for establishing and controlling the circuit through the lamp.

W hat ll claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isi

1. A portable electric light comprising a casing supporting a lens and an electric lamp bulb one terminal of which is in electrical connection `with the casing and the other being projected within the casing, a battery having one terminal in engagement with the inwardly projecting terminal of the lamp bulb and a second terminal, a contact plate carried by and insulated from` the casing and extending downwardly int-o position to be engaged by said second terminal of the battery upon the introduction or the battery to the casing, a slidable switch within the casing, `an escutcheon plate on the exterior of said casing having inwardly extending lingers engaging and forming guides for said switch, and an exterior thumb piece on the casing connected with said switch and adapted to move the same into engagement with said plate for conm pleting the circuit or away therefrom for breaking the circuit.

A. portable electric light comprisingva casing supporting a lens andan electric lamp bulb one terminal of which is in electrical connection with the casing and the other being projected within the casing, a battery having one terminal in engagement with the inwardly projecting terminal of thelamp bulb and arsecond terminal, a nonconducting yoke secured to and extending transversely of the casing and having secured thereto a contact plate extending downwardly into position to be engaged by said second terminal of the battery upon the introduction of the battery to the casing, a slidable switch within the casing, an escutcheon plate on the exterior of said casing having inwardlyextending lingers engag ing and forming guides for the vertical porrl`he strip tion of said switch, and a thumb piece mounted on said escutcheon and having ngers extending through and guided by the same and connected with the said vertical portion of said switch and adapted on the movement of said thumb piece to carry said switch into engagement with said plate for completing the circuit or away therefrom for breaking the circuit.

3. A portable electric light comprising a casing supporting a lens and an electric lamp bulb one terminal of which is in electrical connection with the casing and the other being projected within the casing, a battery having one terminal in engagement with Y the inwardly projecting terminal of the lamp bulb and a second terminal, a nonconducting yoke secured to and extending transversely of the casing and having secured thereto a contact plate extending downwardly into position to be engaged by said second terminal of the battery upon the introduction of the battery to the casing, a slidable switch within the casing, an escutcheon plate on the exterior of said casing having inwardly extending fingers engaging and forming guides for the vertical portion of said switch, and `a thumb piece mounted on said escutcheon and having fingers extending through and guided by the same and connected with the said vertical portion of said switch and adapted on the movement of said thumb piece to carry said switch into engagement with said plate for completing the circuit or away therefrom for breaking the circuit, the vertical portion of said switch and adjacent portion of said casing being correspondingly recessed for releasably locking said switch in its inoperative position.

4. A portable electric light comprising a casing supporting a lens and an electric lamp bulb one terminal of which is in electrical connection with the casing and the other being projected within the casing, a battery having one terminal in engagement with the inwardly projecting terminal of the lamp bulb and a second terminal, a con- Copies of this patentimay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner nf latentn.

adapted on the movement ofsaid thumbv piece to carry said switch into engagement with said plate for completing the circuit or away therefrom for breaking the circuit, the said switch and adjacent portion of said casing being correspondingly recessed for releasably locking said switch in its non-operative position.

5. A portable electric light having, in combination, a casing having a top cover adapted to be opened, the top cover'having a a lens-receiving opening therein, a lens at the inside of the top cover and projecting outward partly through said opening, and a removable lens-holding `member sprung into place in the top cover for removably holding the lens in place in the opening in the top cover ofthe casing.

6. A portable electric light having, in combination, a `casing having a top cover adapted to be opened, the top cover having a lens-receiving opening therein, a lens at the inside of the top cover and projectingV outward partly through said opening, and a lens-holding plate detachably held in the top cover inward from the lens and engaging the lens forremovably holding the lens in place inthe opening in the top cover of the casing. y i

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 3rd day of November, A. D. 1915.

' BERNARD BENEDICT. Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION,

CHAs. C. GILL.

Washington, D. C. 

